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...FEAR NOT THE FUTURE...”At the moment, the AAA Players’ main goal is to find people who will help make the organization independent of AAA, who currently funds the burgeoning theater group. Wong has plans for 10-minute, one act plays in various venues on campus, such as the University houses, that will serve as initial springboards for bigger productions. Future goals include inviting established artists and professionals to lead acting workshops, and present educational talks, lectures and panels.While the AAA Players’ initiative to include inexperienced actors may raise questions about the stability...
...group to include folk, Celtic, blues, ragtime, swing, jazz and Newgrass (a musical movement that combines bluegrass, jazz and rock) music at Harvard, though the list of styles that are connected to the group could go on indefinitely. Even though Harvard already had a well-formed jazz band and various other music groups, HCAMA is able to bring together talented musicians from various arenas because of its unique focus on bluegrass music and its emphasis on mixing musical styles at informal jam sessions. These weekly jam sessions in the pub give musicians a chance to either collaborate with other musicians...
...generations, it is also to be transmitted safely to future generations.”Today, hunched over their desks on the top floor of the Center, over 20 technicians painstakingly scrutinize objects from Harvard University Libraries. On any given day, these conservators treat century-old letters by John Keats, various posters from the 1920s Ballet Russe, Egyptian images from the 19th century, and some of the first daguerreotypes ever made of the moon in 1851–often only a few inches from their faces. Technicians at the Weissman Preservation Center do not simply attempt to reverse the effects...
...There are still many hurdles the various bills must overcome, and even some Senators have suggested the legislation is more about scaring AIG employees into giving the bonuses back. Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican, Wednesday warned that the bills to take back the bonuses through a one-time special tax could face years of challenges in courts for violating attainder laws, which bar Congress from targeting individuals or small groups. "Of course" the government must get back the bonuses, but we've got to do it legally," Gregg told reporters...
...recently as January 2009, of approximately 14,000 that had been stolen, slightly more than 8,000 have been recovered or are in various stages of being returned to the Iraqi government. In December of 2008, three Iraqi antiquities were recovered in Peru. They haven't been returned to the government yet, but they have been recovered. That fact that they were discovered in Peru highlights a disturbing new development. Recovery was much easier when the markets were limited to New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. Which is what they've been for the last several decades...